ArticleRheumatology advances in practice2021
The association between body mass index and fibromyalgia severity: data from a cross-sectional survey of 2339 patients.
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- The impact of sex and gender on Fibromyalgia Syndrome: data from the Italian Fibromyalgia Registry.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Article
- The associations between age, familial occurrence of fibromyalgia, and symptom severity in fibromyalgia: a cross-sectional study from a Finnish health center.BMC rheumatology · 2026Article
- Translation and Validation of the Greek Version of the Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR).Mediterranean journal of rheumatology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of clinical impact of Interleukin 8 gene expression in patients with fibromyalgia.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Geographical disparities in fibromyalgia severity: An Italian study.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
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- [Effects of overweight and obesity on symptoms, overall condition and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2024Article
- Physical Conditioning, Obesity and Fibromyalgia: Causal Relationship or Confounding?Principles and practice of clinical research (2015) · 2023Article
- The Link Between Empty Sella Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Role of Increased Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
- The Importance of Nutrition as a Lifestyle Factor in Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
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- Fibromyalgia: Associations Between Fat Infiltration, Physical Capacity, and Clinical Variables.Journal of pain research · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveVarious studies have shown that overweight and obesity are central features of FM, but the real impact of a high BMI on clinical severity in patients with FM is still controversial. The aim of this study was to analyse the relationships between BMI categories and measures of symptom severity and functional impairment using data from a Web-based registry of patients with FM.
methodsAdult patients with an ACR 2010/2011 diagnosis of FM underwent a complete physical examination and laboratory tests and were asked to complete a package of questionnaires covering their sociodemographic and treatment details, in addition to the following disease-specific questionnaires: the revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR), the modified Fibromyalgia Assessment Status questionnaire (ModFAS) and the Polysymptomatic Distress Scale (PDS).
resultsA total of 2339 patients were recruited and divided into two weight categories, underweight/normal (U/N,
conclusionOur findings demonstrate that O/O patients with FM are significantly more impaired than U/N patients in all the symptomatological and functional domains as measured using the FIQR, ModFAS and PDS, thus suggesting that being O/O has an additional effect on symptoms and function.
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